Preface

This manual introduces you to Oracle Instant Portal and provides you with a high level understanding of what you can accomplish with the product. To find out how to complete a task, see the Oracle Instant Portal online Help system for step-by-step instructions.

Note: Only the tasks documented in the Oracle Instant Portal Help system (and this manual) are supported by Oracle. Altering or extending the functionality of Oracle Instant Portal through undocumented procedures is not supported.

Audience

This manual is intended for anyone who is responsible for preparing Oracle Instant Portal for others to publish and share information.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following manual in the Oracle Application Server documentation set:

• Oracle Application Server Portal Configuration Guide

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

Browser Recommendations

Oracle Instant Portal supports the use of the following browsers:

• Netscape 7.2 or later

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

• Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 or later

It is preferred that you use Internet Explorer to edit and manage your portal. Although Netscape and Firefox work well for viewing pages, there are some known issues regarding their performance while editing, especially where tables are concerned. In addition, when adding text items, you'll find that the HTML source looks different in Mozilla than it does in Internet Explorer.

To ensure that your browser's Back button behaves as expected, make sure your browser settings are set so that pages are automatically refreshed each time they are changed. In Internet Explorer, this can be accomplished by doing the following:

1. From your browser menu, select Tools->Internet Options.

2. In the Temporary Internet Files area, click Settings.

3. Under Check for newer versions of stored pages, make sure the Automatically radio button is selected.